Diabetes mellitus can be defined as a group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. The present work was aimed to evaluate the effect of single and combinational herbal formulation containing leaf extract of Leea indica and fruit & leaf extract of Lagerstroemia speciosa for antihyperglycemic activity. Le...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Microsatellite markers were developed and characterized to analyze genetic diversity within Lagerstroemia cultivars and related species. • METHODS AND RESULTS Using simple sequence repeat (SSR)-enriched libraries, 11 species-specific polymorphic genomic SSRs were developed from L. indica 'Hong Die Fei Wu'. All primers were tested on 48 L. indica individuals ...

Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) is a prevalent method for gene expression analysis, depending on the stability of the reference genes for data normalization. Lagerstroemia indica and L. speciosa are popular ornamental plants which are famous for the long flowering period. However, no systematic studies on reference genes in Lagerstroemia have yet been conducted. In th...

Lagerstroemia (crape myrtle) are famous ornamental plants with large pyramidal racemes, long flower duration, and diverse colors. However, little is known about the genetic structure and diversity of germplasm in Lagerstroemia. We genotyped 81 L. indica cultivars, five other species of Lagerstroemia, and 10 interspecific hybrids using 30 simple sequence repeat markers; 275 alleles were gen...

Lagerstroemia is a genus of plants comprised of deciduous shrubs or small trees native to China southward into Southeast Asia. L. indica, the oldest and most widespread species in cultivation in the United States, has been cultivated as an ornamental for centuries and was introduced to the Southeastern U.S. over 175 years ago. Much has been disseminated on the culture and commercial production ...

Abstract Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) is a globally used ornamental woody plant and the representative species of Lagerstroemia. However, studies on evolution genomic breeding L. indica were hindered by lack reference genome. Here, we assembled first high-quality genome using PacBio combined with Hi-C scaffolding to anchor 329.14 Mb assembly into 24 pseudochromosomes. We detected previou...

Plant height is one of the most important traits of plant architecture as it modulates both economic and ornamental values. Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica L.) is a popular ornamental woody plant because of its long-lasting mid-summer bloom, rich colors, and diversified plant architecture. These traits also make it an ideal model of woody species for genetic analysis of many ornamental trait...

Field and laboratory studies were conducted to identify potential resistance among crape myrtles, Lagerstroemia spp., to Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman and to flea beetles, Altica spp. Damage ratings revealed variation among cultivars in susceptibility to beetle feeding. Cultivars with Lagerstroemia fauriei Koehne in their parentage exhibited the least amount of damage in choice and ...